MLB standings through games of September 23, 1972

MLB standings at the end of September 23, 1972

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	145	79	66	0	.545		605	593	49-25	30-41	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	147	80	67	0	.544		510	483	38-32	42-35	7-3	Won 1
Baltimore Orioles	146	77	69	0	.527	2.5	499	404	37-35	40-34	4-6	Lost 3
New York Yankees	146	76	70	0	.521	3.5	529	496	46-26	30-44	4-6	Won 1
Cleveland Indians	148	67	81	0	.453	13.5	444	491	42-31	25-50	4-6	Lost 1
Milwaukee Brewers	147	61	86	0	.415	19.0	459	547	37-41	24-45	7-3	Won 3

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	145	86	59	0	.593		569	424	44-28	42-31	7-3	Won 1
Chicago White Sox	145	82	63	0	.566	4.0	533	501	54-21	28-42	6-4	Won 2
Minnesota Twins	144	75	69	0	.521	10.5	500	502	41-29	34-40	7-3	Won 4
Kansas City Royals	144	71	73	0	.493	14.5	548	516	42-30	29-43	5-5	Lost 1
California Angels	146	68	78	0	.466	18.5	434	519	41-34	27-44	5-5	Lost 2
Texas Rangers	145	52	93	0	.359	34.0	446	600	30-41	22-52	1-9	Lost 9

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
Pittsburgh Pirates	146	92	54	0	.630		664	492	47-25	45-29	4-6	Lost 1
Chicago Cubs	147	81	65	1	.555	11.0	659	543	44-27	37-38	6-4	Won 3
New York Mets	145	75	70	0	.517	16.5	501	550	40-37	35-33	4-6	Won 1
St. Louis Cardinals	148	70	78	0	.473	23.0	549	582	38-36	32-42	6-4	Lost 4
Montreal Expos	145	66	79	0	.455	25.5	479	567	32-36	34-43	3-7	Won 1
Philadelphia Phillies	146	55	91	0	.377	37.0	469	600	27-49	28-42	6-4	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Cincinnati Reds	146	90	56	0	.616		666	529	38-31	52-25	7-3	Lost 1
Houston Astros	145	81	64	0	.559	8.5	686	601	40-34	41-30	6-4	Won 1
Los Angeles Dodgers	146	79	67	0	.541	11.0	550	506	38-33	41-34	6-4	Won 3
Atlanta Braves	147	68	78	1	.466	22.0	597	681	36-38	32-40	5-5	Lost 1
San Francisco Giants	147	63	84	0	.429	27.5	621	623	29-43	34-41	3-7	Lost 7
San Diego Padres	144	55	89	0	.382	34.0	460	627	25-52	30-37	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Tigers 7, Red Sox 1 at Boston (day game):
The Tigers again pulled within less than one percentage point of first place in the East Division by defeating the Red Sox, 7-1, behind the six-hit pitching of Mickey Lolich. The victory put the Tigers at 80-67 for .5442 against 79-66 and .5448 for the Red Sox. The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning to force the quick exit of Sonny Siebert. Dick McAuliffe doubled on a fly that Dwight Evans lost in the sun and Al Kaline followed with a fly that Tommy Harper misplayed for a two-base error, McAuliffe scoring. After Gates Brown and Norm Cash walked to load the bases, Duke Sims and Jim Northrup each drove in a run with a single. The Red Sox picked up their lone tally on a triple by Bill Lee and sacrifice fly by Luis Aparicio in the third, but the Tigers added to their advantage with a run on singles by Mickey Stanley, Cash and Sims in the fifth. A single by McAuliffe, wild throw by Carlton Fisk on a pickoff play and sacrifice fly by Stanley produced another run before the Tigers ended their scoring with homers by Aurelio Rodriguez in the eighth and Kaline in the ninth.

White Sox 4, Rangers 3 at Chicago (night game):
Keeping their division hopes alive, the White Sox defeated the Rangers, 4-3, to remain four games behind the first-place Athletics. The Rangers collected 10 hits, all off Tom Bradley, but Rich Gossage and Terry Forster shone in relief for the White Sox. Gossage picked up his sixth straight victory without a defeat and Forster registered his 27th save. The White Sox broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning with a run on singles by Jim Lyttle and Pat Kelly and a double by Mike Andrews.

Yankees 5, Indians 2 at Cleveland (day game):
Homers by Bernie Allen, Roy White and Ron Blomberg accounted for all of the Yankees' runs and enabled Fritz Peterson to defeat the Indians, 5-2, in a game called because of rain after 6½ innings. Allen homered after a single by Johnny Callison in the fourth. White hit a solo swat in the fifth, Bobby Murcer walked and Blomberg clinched matters with his round-tripper.

Brewers 2, Orioles 1 at Milwaukee (day game):
The Orioles, who had a chance to pick up ground in the East Division race, remained 2½ games off the pace when they failed to take full advantage of 10 hits off Jim Lonborg and lost to the Brewers, 2-1. The Brewers, who collected only four hits, scored a run off Dave McNally in the first inning on a walk to Johnny Briggs, sacrifice by Ollie Brown and single by Mike Ferraro. The Orioles caught up in the seventh when Rich Coggins, batting for McNally, singled, advanced on an infield out by Don Buford and scored on a double by Paul Blair. Pat Dobson, making his first appearance in relief this season, was tagged for the Brewers' winning run in their half of the seventh. George Scott led off with a double, took third on an infield out by Briggs and scored when Brown singled past Bobby Grich with the Orioles' infield playing in.

Twins 2, Angels 1 at Minnesota (day game):
Bobby Darwin scored one run and drove in another to enable the Twins to defeat the Angels, 2-1. Doubles by Darwin and Steve Brye produced the Twins' first tally in the second inning before the Angels tied the score in the sixth on a triple by Sandy Alomar and single by Mickey Rivers. Dick Woodson, who was the Twins' winner with help from Wayne Granger, broke an 0-for-25 streak at bat with a single in the home half of the sixth and took third on a single by Cesar Tovar. Woodson then was out at the plate on a grounder by Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew flied out, but Darwin came through with his winning single.

A's 2, Royals 1 at Oakland (day game):
A wild throw by Paul Schaal on a bunt in the ninth inning permitted Allan Lewis to score from second base and gave the Athletics a 2-1 victory over the Royals. John Mayberry homered for the Royals in the fourth, but the A's tied the score in their half on a single by Joe Rudi, a wild pitch and double by Reggie Jackson. Matty Alou doubled in the ninth and yielded the paths to Lewis. Rudi was passed intentionally. Jackson then bunted down the third base line to Schaal, who tried to force Lewis with a throw to shortstop Freddie Patek covering the bag, but his aim was bad and the ball went off into left field as Lewis continued his journey to the plate.

Padres 4, Braves 1 at Atlanta (night game):
Ending his personal 10-game losing streak, Steve Arlin pitched the Padres to a 4-1 victory over the Braves. Darrell Evans homered for the Braves' run in the second inning. The Padres struck back for three runs in the third. Dave Hilton tripled and Arlin singled to spark the outburst. A triple by Jerry Morales and error by Earl Williams produced the last tally in the eighth.

Astros 7, Reds 1 at Houston (night game):
Don Wilson pitched perfect ball for six innings and then settled for a four-hitter as the Astros defeated the Reds, 7-1. The Astros collected 13 hits, including two doubles and two singles by Lee May, two doubles and one single by Tommy Helms and a homer by Jim Wynn.

Dodgers 7, Giants 4 at Los Angeles (day game):
Chris Speier hit his first major league grand slam, but all that blow did was save the Giants from being shut out in a 7-4 loss to the Dodgers. Steve Yeager, who led the Dodgers' attack, matched Speier in RBIs, driving in three runs with a homer in the third inning and one with a single in the sixth.

Mets 5, Phillies 3 at New York (day game):
Jon Matlack, who is the leading candidate for Rookie Pitcher of the Year honors in the N. L., allowed only five hits and beat the Phillies, 5-3, for his 14th victory in a game that saw the Mets tie a league record with four sacrifice flies. All three runs off Matlack were unearned. Cleon Jones, Rusty Staub, Wayne Garrett and Duffy Dyer hit scoring flies to equal the record held by many clubs, but the Mets also were the last to achieve it previously against the Giants July 16, 1967.

Expos 3, Pirates 0 at Pittsburgh (day game):
Backed by one scoring burst, Ernie McAnally pitched the Expos to a 3-0 victory over the Pirates. The Expos exploded for their runs off Nelson Briles with two out in the third inning when Jim Fairey doubled, Mike Jorgensen singled to drive in Fairey and Ron Fairly followed with a homer.

[DH] Cubs 2, Cardinals 0 (day game) / Cubs 15, Cardinals 1 at St. Louis (day game):
The Cubs, after winning the first game, 2-0, in a duel between Burt Hooton and Bob Gibson, breezed to a 15-1 victory to complete the sweep of a doubleheader with the Cardinals. The opener was scoreless until the ninth inning when Gibson walked Billy Williams to pave the way for his own defeat. After a sacrifice by Jim Hickman and intentional pass to Ron Santo, Rick Monday doubled to drive in Williams and Glenn Beckert hit a sacrifice fly to plate Santo. The Cardinals committed eight errors in the second game. However, the Cubs collected 15 hits, including a homer by Williams with two men on base, and only five of their runs were unearned.